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Top Five Reasons Your Novel Will Succeed
February 1st, 2013 | How to write a novel | journalpulp | No Comments
Here, in no particular order: 5. Your storyline is compelling You’ve created a sequence of events that progresses logically and purposefully and that culminates in climax. This sequence is called plot. The plot of a short story can (and probably should) involve just one single incident or main conflict. And conflict is clash. A clash […]
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Creating Suspense: Getting Readers To Eat Out The Palm Of Your Hand
July 18th, 2011 | Plot, Storytelling, Suspense | journalpulp | 2 Comments
If you want to rivet readers, you must give readers something to worry about. Make the reader nervous. Make her feel intrigued. Make her curious. This issue, which is very closely associated with plot, is called suspense. Suspense is when your eyes are nailed to the screen. It’s when you’re coming out of your seat. […]
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Top Five Reasons Your Novel Will Succeed